Brief Life History of James C
When James C Grinder was born in 1836, in Tennessee, United States, his father, Joshua Grinder, was 30 and his mother, Barbara, was 27. He lived in Mitchell Township, Poinsett, Arkansas, United States in 1850. He died on 28 July 1862, in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States, at the age of 26.
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- James Grinder in household of Joshua Grinder, "United States Census, 1850"
- James C. Grinder, "Find A Grave Index"
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1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
1837 · Chicago grows to a City
Chicago switched over from a town to a city after many people sailed into the port there or traveled by foot to the fast growing area.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
English (Middlesex and Sussex): occupational name for a grinder of grain, i.e. a miller, from Middle English grinder ‘grinder of corn, miller’ (Old English grindere), an agent noun from Old English grindan ‘to grind’. Less often it may have referred to someone who ground blades to keep their sharpness or who ground pigments, spices, and medicinal herbs to powder.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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